Nelson Wang

U.S. News Editor, East Coast

Nelson edits features and opinion stories and was previously CoinDesk’s U.S. News Editor for the East Coast. He has also been an editor at Unchained and DL News, and prior to working at CoinDesk, he was the technology stocks editor and consumer stocks editor at TheStreet. He has also held editing positions at Yahoo.com and Condé Nast Portfolio’s website, and was the content director for aMedia, an Asian American media company. Nelson grew up on Long Island, New York and went to Harvard College, earning a degree in Social Studies. He holds BTC, ETH and SOL above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Últimas de Nelson Wang

Política

Justice Department Will Prosecute Banks, Crypto Exchanges That Help Russians Hide Assets: Report

A new task force has been created to freeze or take the assets of Russians that have been sanctioned following the invasion of Ukraine.

11 de mar. de 2022

Política

US Senator Warren Drafting Bill to Ensure Crypto Can’t Be Used to Evade Sanctions

One of the provisions would make it easier to verify customer identities and transfers to private wallets by enforcing detailed record keeping and reporting, according to NBC News.

8 de mar. de 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Política

Biden Planning to Sign Executive Order on Crypto This Week: Reports

The White House has been working on coordinating the efforts of different federal agencies since last year.

7 de mar. de 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Política

SEC Probing NFT Market: Report

At issue is whether certain tokens should be considered securities and thus regulated.

2 de mar. de 2022

The headquarters building of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2010. The chief executive officers of the biggest U.S. stock markets were called to a meeting at the SEC today to discuss last week�s selloff in equities, according to four people familiar with the situation. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finanças

African Crypto Exchange VALR Raises $50M in Series B Led by Pantera Capital

Alameda Research and Coinbase Ventures were also investors in the round, which valued the company at $240 million.

1 de mar. de 2022

Farzam Ehsani, CEO of VALR.com (VALR.com)

Finanças

Singapore State Investment Fund Temasek Eliminates Position in Coinbase

The investment giant previously held about 8,168 shares in the U.S.-listed crypto exchange.

14 de fev. de 2022

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq market site April 14, 2021 in New York City. Coinbase Global Inc. is the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, debuting today through a rare direct listing. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Política

US Treasury Suggests Miners Won’t Be Subject to IRS Reporting Rules

A letter from a Treasury official addresses crypto industry concerns about access to customer information.

11 de fev. de 2022

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finanças

Former Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bitcoin Fraud That Bilked Investors Out of $5M

Philip Reichenthal and his co-conspirators persuaded their victims to send them millions of dollars to buy bitcoin and then just pocketed the money themselves.

11 de fev. de 2022

Finanças

FTX US to Offer Stock Trading Soon

The crypto exchange has begun signing up users for a wait list for its upcoming stock platform.

11 de fev. de 2022

Política

Hungary’s Central Bank Head Calls on EU to Ban Crypto Mining and Trading

The governor of the Hungarian National Bank said he agreed with the Russian central bank’s earlier proposal to ban crypto activities.

11 de fev. de 2022

Gyorgy Matolcsy, governor of Hungary's central bank, center, gestures as he speaks alongside Marton Nagy, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, left, and Laszlo Windisch, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, right, during an interest rates decision briefing at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Hungary's central bank took its first step to unwind monetary stimulus since 2011, the start of tightening by one of Europe's most enduring proponents of loose policy. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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